The Goi Peace Foundation 2016 Essay competition.
Endorsed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.

"This annual essay contest is organized in an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world's youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable development. It also aims to inspire society to learn from the young minds and to think about how each of us can make a difference in the world".

The Leyla Beban Young Authors Foundation is sponsoring the $1000 for 1000 Words Creative Writing Contest which will award two prizes of $1,000 to a student author in grades 6-8 and another student in grades 9-12. Additionally, the Foundation will award $100 cash prizes to other top picks, one prize per grade level. The judges are seeking exceptional short fiction that contains precisely 1000 words. Young authors can submit fiction stories based on any theme or in any genre and that showcase the author's skills to tell an engaging story. The judges will critique stories based on length, creativity, and freshness. At the judges' consent, selected stories may be published in Bluefire, the foundation's literary journal, or on the website.

The Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award is a grant of $12,500 to support the work of a promising early-career nonfiction writer on a story that uncovers truths about the human condition.

Offered for the first time in 2015, the Award has been endowed by individuals and organizations touched by the life and work of Matthew Power, a wide-roving and award-winning journalist who sought to live and share the experience of the individuals and places on which he was reporting.

Do you have a story to tell? Put your literary skills to the test! WITF in partnership with the PA Media Group presents the 2016 Central PA Magazine Writing Contest. Supported by York College of Pennsylvania. Submit your best short story for a chance to get published and win cash prizes! Entries must be postmarked by February 26, 2016.
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Central PA magazine will be accepting original, unpublished work not exceeding 1,500 words. Entries can be fiction, humorous or serious, or short stories (original, unpublished, work of fiction only; no poetry or nonfiction.) A distinguished panel of professional area communicators will conduct final judging. Winners will be announced at an event at York College on April 28, 2016.

All entries must be postmarkedno later than February 26, 2016. Do you have a story to tell? Put your literary skills to the test! WITF in partnership with the PA Media Group presents the 2016 Central PA Magazine Writing Contest. Supported by York College of Pennsylvania. Submit your best short story for a chance to get published and win cash prizes! Entries must be postmarked by February 26, 2016. Central PA magazine will be accepting original, unpublished work not exceeding 1,500 words. Entries can be fiction, humorous or serious, or short stories (original, unpublished, work of fiction only; no poetry or nonfiction.) A distinguished panel of professional area communicators will conduct final judging. Winners will be announced at an event at York College on April 28, 2016. Competition rules are available in the November/December 2015 issue of Central PA magazine and below. Entries, prepared in accordance with contest rules, are...